I seem to remember liking this movie, but that was 36 years ago. I struggled to keep awake this time around and had to back-up a few times. What had me looking back to see it again was after watching the Danish National Symphony Orchestra playing the theme music from the movie on YouTube ....... Now for their performance, I give 5 stars.

This is quite likely the greatest science fiction film I have ever seen. Its certainly worth re-watching. The sound/ music is perhaps the best part. The characters and plot are interesting and the ending remains open to the right extent and in the right way.

Sci fi noir; clockwork orange psychopaths, with another excuse for why. I made it somewhere up to 1/2 way, then said, "I have better things to do with my life." Even looking at Harrison Ford didn't make it worthwhile. Two stars because it *is* well-made in a classic sorta way, if you're into that sorta thang: bleakness, dystopian despair, we're doomed.

I can't see much difference between this and the director's cut. Both are far better than the butchered theatrical release with its annoying and unnecessary voice-over narration and its Hollywood ending.

For those who haven't seen "Blade Runner" or read the book "Blade Runner" is based on, Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?," I'd recommend watching the movie and skipping the book. "Blade Runner" is a masterpiece and one of the very few film adaptations that are much better than the books they're based on.

There have been so many versions of this film, I am sure they got their money out with Director' cut, final cut, and theatre cut. I have to say that for it's time it was really well done. But sometimes it is better not to revisit a film you loved growing up.

Good film, I enjoyed it. It is sci-fi noir, and done in a dark, slow, moody artistic manner - but the director was wise enough to know that mood does not fit every scene in the movie, therefore the action was action, not slow moody artistic acting. Unfortunately, the sequel suffered from this lack of understanding. The Director's Cut definitely gives you the idea [SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT] that Deckard is one of the replicants by including the his dream of the unicorn. I like that touch, personally. Let the debate rage on! (Unless you've seen the sequel, in which the debate is settled.) This film is definitely worthy of a look in my opinion (unless you hate sci-fi and noir, then you might not like it).

Watched BR-2049 last week. To refresh and reconnect to its 1982 prequel, watched this “Final Cut” BR version in Blu-Ray which included a bunch of introductions by film makers, including director Ridley Scott. This “Final Cut” is contentious on Deckard’s human/replicant identity and the fate of Deckard/Rachael (not the cut with "the happy ending".) Well worth viewing it again now that I am older.
Notes:
1983 Academy Awards: Nominated in 2 categories for Art Direction-Set Decoration and Visual Effects. Ford (Deckard) was 40; both Sean Young (Rachael) and Hannah (Pris) were 22; Cassidy (Snake Lady with brief nudity) was 37 in 1982.
2018 Academy Awards: Nominated in 5 categories and winner of Best Cinematography and Visual Effects. Ford was 74 and Sean Young was 56 in 2017. (The others are not in this script.)

Quotes

Looks like the entire script has been quoted in IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu

Many thanks!!! Though the opening text is missing, here it is:

Early in the 21st century, the Tyrell corporation advanced Robot evolution into the Nexus phase - a being virtually identical to a human - known as a Replicant.
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The Nexus 6 replicants were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them.
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Replicants were used off-world as slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets.
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After a bloody mutiny by a Nexus 6 combat team in an off-world colony, replicants were declared illegal on earth - under penalty of death.
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Special police squads - Blade Runner Units - had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing replicant.
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This was not called execution. It was called retirement.

Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die.